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5 NL/AL realignments that would send MLB world into pure chaos

By Drew Koch

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets in action against Anthony Rizzo #48 of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 23, 2022 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets in action against Anthony Rizzo #48 of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 23, 2022 in New York City. The Yankees defeated the Mets 4-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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MLB realignment, Max Muncy #13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers sliding at home plate scores as the throw gets past Joey Bart #21 of the San Francisco Giants
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 16: Max Muncy #13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers sliding at home plate scores as the throw gets past Joey Bart #21 of the San Francisco Giants. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

4. MLB realignment chaos: Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants can’t be in different divisions.

Jim Bowden’s MLB realignment plan was referenced earlier, and there was a huge problem with it. Bowden’s geography saw both the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in separate divisions. Under no circumstances can Major League Baseball allow this to happen.

Bowden’s projections put LA in the same division with the Los Angeles Angels, San Diego Padres, and Arizona Diamondbacks while the Giants are part of a quartet that includes the Oakland/ Las Vegas Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Colorado Rockies.

No offense, but the former Reds and Nationals general manager is off his rocker if he believes that eliminating one of the best division rivalries in baseball is best for the game. There’s no denying that Bowden’s geography isn’t sound, but this idea is for the birds.

Next to the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox (a division rivalry that must also be preserved), the Giants versus Dodgers is the best rivalry in baseball. Now, if Bowden wants to rethink this atrocious idea and swap the Giants for the Diamondbacks, we might actually have something there.

After all, there are five, likely to be four teams, in the state of California. Shouldn’t they all just be kept in the same division? While most of this discussion has centered around new rivalries being born, there may be no more chaotic change in all of baseball than eliminating the division feud between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants.

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